Cyndi Pulsinelli — Women's Work & Feminine Embodiment in San Diego, CA

About Cyndi

Cyndi Pulsinelli is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in San Diego, California, running Thrive Practice — a private practice focused on helping women heal from trauma, recover their sense of self, and build lives they actually want. She works with PTSD, narcissistic abuse, codependency, eating disorders, betrayal trauma, and anxiety, drawing on EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, IFS, CBT, and DBT.

Beyond traditional therapy, Cyndi offers a 12-week embodiment coaching container for women who already understand their patterns intellectually but still feel stuck — still second-guessing themselves, overriding their needs, or feeling disconnected from their bodies. The work focuses on nervous system safety, genuine self-trust, and learning to act from inner clarity rather than fear or habit.

Her background includes crisis intervention with the San Diego Police Department, bereavement counseling at San Diego Hospice, and serving as Regional Director for a national eating disorder treatment organization — giving her a clinically grounded, steady presence across a wide range of struggles.

Background & Training

EMDR / Trained

Certified Eating Disorder Specialist (CEDS) / Education Course Training

Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Certified

Gottman Method Couples Therapy / Level 1 Clinical Training

Relationship Violence Assessment & Response Specialist / Certified

Sand Tray Therapy / Training

Grief and Loss Training / San Diego Hospice and Palliative Care, Grief Education Care Center

San Diego Police Department Crisis Intervention Academy / Completed

Assisting Individuals In Crisis, Critical Incident Stress Management / Completed

Pastoral Crisis Intervention, Critical Incident Stress Management / Completed

Masters in Clinical Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy / Azusa Pacific University

Offerings

Individual Therapy Session

50 min / Virtual

50-minute individual therapy session using CBT, DBT, EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and IFS. Specializes in PTSD, narcissistic abuse recovery, codependency, eating disorders, body image, anxiety, and depression.

$250

Extended Session (Intake / Family / EMDR)

90 min / Virtual

90-minute extended session for intake appointments, family therapy, or EMDR intensives.

$375

Embodiment Coaching — 12-Week Container

12 weeks (weekly sessions) / Virtual

Private 12-week somatic and embodiment-based coaching container for women ready to move beyond insight and build real self-trust at the level of the body and nervous system. Includes weekly sessions, Return to Body Workbook, and Embodiment Journal. This is a coaching container, not psychotherapy.

$3,000

I Can Help If You're Navigating

PTSD & Complex Trauma

Narcissistic Abuse Recovery

Codependency & Attachment

Body Image & Eating

Anxiety & Overwhelm

Nervous System Dysregulation

Self-Worth & Confidence

Childhood Trauma

Depression & Low Energy

Grief & Loss